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<h2>Drunk Driving Laws and Traffic Deaths </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>a panel of 48 observations  from 1982  to 1988
</p>
<p><EM>number of observations</EM> :  336
</p>
<p><EM>observation</EM> :  regional
</p>
<p><EM>country</EM> :  United States
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Fatality)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>state</dt><dd><p>state ID code</p>
</dd>
<dt>year</dt><dd><p>year</p>
</dd>
<dt>mrall</dt><dd><p>traffic fatality rate (deaths per 10000)</p>
</dd>
<dt>beertax</dt><dd><p>tax on case of beer</p>
</dd>
<dt>mlda</dt><dd><p>minimum legal drinking age</p>
</dd>
<dt>jaild</dt><dd><p>mandatory jail sentence ?</p>
</dd>
<dt>comserd</dt><dd><p>mandatory community service ?</p>
</dd>
<dt>vmiles</dt><dd><p>average miles per driver</p>
</dd>
<dt>unrate</dt><dd><p>unemployment rate</p>
</dd>
<dt>perinc</dt><dd><p>per capita personal income</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Pr. Christopher J. Ruhm, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>Stock, James H.  and  Mark W.  Watson (2003) <EM>Introduction to Econometrics</EM>, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, <a href="http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1">http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1</a>, chapter 8.
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code>,
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<p><code>Index.Time.Series</code></p>


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